Campaign notes, coming fast and furious:

Rudy’s Valley Push: Influential venture capitalist Floyd Kvamme, a major Silicon Valley Rudy Giuliani endorser, talked to California political reporters this week about Giuliani’s upcoming trip to California on Dec. 10 and 11 — and how the campaign is playing in the tech capital.

Kvamme said that the “leadership issue” is critical to Silicon Valley insiders, movers and shakers. Asked why Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and leading Democratic presidential candidates have appeared to do better in polls, fundraising and on tech issues — they’ve all announced innovation agendas — Kvamme said Giuliani is working tech issues hard, and has outlined his ”12 Commitments” to address global issues, unemployment, job creation, immigration and other matters.

But Kvamme, a major Bush fundraiser and supporter, did acknowledge that the GOP message is a harder sell in the Valley in 2008 than it was in 2000 and 2004.

”I’d say it’s more difficult. You have a whole lot more candidates that are flying around, and you have to face the fact that some people are not very fond of our current administration,” Kvamme said. ”That rubs off on some.”

Giuliani, he said, has ”wowed” many and ”I personally believe that the Valley…will be very, very inclined to support him because of his programs.”

Regarding the Golden State, ”the mayor is taking California very, very seriously,” he said. ”He’s coming back again next week…I don’t know where there’s a month this year where he didn’t spend some time in California…it’s paying off.”

Kvamme made the call the day that influential Valley megastar venture capitalist, John Doerr — remember the Valley calls for ”Gore-Doerr in ’04”? — came out as an endorser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Kvamme said ”a lot of people are coming on board” for Giuliani who are still to be announced. But there’s still ”people on the sidelines…waiting a while to decide who they back.”

And speaking of Hillary, an OMG poll moment?

Sen. Barack Obama’s California campaign is getting excited about the latest polls from Iowa, like a new Strategic Vision poll showing Obama expanding his lead in the first caucus state with 32 percent support, followed by John Edwards and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton tied for second at 25 percent.

And just in time: Hillary and Obama will be crisscrossing California next week on campaign events.

Obama is appearing at a fundraising rally Monday in Los Angeles expected to draw thousands to the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk. Appearing with the Democratic presidential candidate is another hot ticket: the Goo Goo Dolls, along with actress Jessica Biehl and other star-types. Tickets are $25 for students and $50 for the general public — same kind of ”low dollar” price tag that drew 8,000 to the San Francisco Civic Auditorium last month.

Hillary is appearing at virtually the same hour across town at the club Social Hollywood, where the pricetag — $250 per person — is a little higher, says Wilshire and Washington blog.